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                           BAUXITE IN INDIA

 

WHY IN NEWS?

Bauxite market expected to grow at CAGR OF 6.6%

BACKGROUND

Bauxite is basically an aluminous rock that contains hydrated aluminium oxide as main constituent and iron oxide, silica & titania as minor constituents present in varying proportions

 

DISTRIBUTION OF RESERVES

Odisha alone accounts for 41% of country’s resources of bauxite

  • 95% pf bauxite deposits in the state concentrated in the east coast bauxite region which includes districts of Koratpur, Kalahandi, Balangir,

Chhattisgarh

  • Spread throughout Maikal range in Bilaspur,Durg and Amarkantak plateau

Jharkhand

  • Ranchi, Gumla, Palamau

Maharashtra 

  • Kolhapur, Pune, Satara.

Gujarat

  • Jamnagar, Junagadh, Kheda, Kachchh, Sabarkantha, Amreli and Bhavnagar.
  • The most important deposits occur in a belt lying between the Gulf of Kachchh and the Arabian sea through Bhavnagar, Junagadh and Amreli districts.
  • PRODUCTION
    1. Odisha 76% (2022, Indian Bureau of Mines)